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Early Mail Routes—Staging—Railroads—Post-Offices and
Postmasters.
EARLY MAIL ROUTES.—In 1793 a new highway was opened
from Augusta to Portland by way of Monmouth, Greene, etc. By the old
route via Bath it took two days to reach Portland from Hallowell, but
by this new road Portland could be reached in the forenoon of the second
day, if Monmouth was reached for breakfast on the first day. This
new route was adopted as the United States mail route when the mail
service was established in 1794. The mails were carried weekly by
“post-riders” on horseback; the mail was in a pouch fastened behind the
saddle. The rider had another bag for local mail matter for the
conveyance of which he received extra pay. He gave warning of his
approach by blowing a long tin horn, so he should not be delayed.
This route was from Portland to Gray, New Gloucester, Greene, Monmouth,
Winthrop, Hallowell, Pittston, Pownalborough, to Wiscasset. The
first post-rider between Portland and Winthrop was William Blossom.
Another route led from Portland to Gorham, Baldwin, Fryeburg, Bridgton,
Waterford, Norway, Paris, Hebron, Poland, New Gloucester, and Gray to
Portland. The post-riders were Joseph Howe, Seba Smith, William
Sawin, and Joshua Pool.
A weekly
post route was established in 1806 from Portland through New Gloucester,
Danville, Minot, Turner, Livermore, Hartford, Buckfield, Paris, and other
towns to Portland. Josiah Smith was the first post-rider. In
the first of the century John Walker went through the Androscoggin towns
from Livermore to Danville every week, doing the work of a modern
expressman and private letter-carrier between those towns and
Portland. In 1826 a post route was established from Brunswick
through the upper Androscoggin towns, but from 1824 Joseph Griffin had
sustained a weekly mail route from Brunswick to Jay, primarily established
for the distribution of the Maine Baptist Herald
he published
at Brunswick. The first mail service to Lewiston was probably given
by Samuel Nash, who rode a gig from Portland to Augusta, on tri-weekly
trips. He was succeeded by Thomas Longley who came to Greene in
1810.
In
1830, or earlier, tri-weekly stage lines were established on the principal
mail routes, and the mails were then carried by them. “Tom” Longley
put on the first coach on the Portland and Augusta route at that
time. He was driver and proprietor for many years, and was the
beau ideal of a dashing driver, courteous and obliging, tall
and commanding in appearance. He had a wonderful memory, and it is
said that in many errands entrusted to him he never made a memorandum and
never forgot the smallest detail. He was a marvelous story-teller
and the aroma of his narrations yet lingers in the atmosphere of the
places along his route. In later life he left the box and became an
hotel keeper in Portland.
Starting
from Augusta in the morning the stage reached Lewiston at noon and
Portland at night. Two dollars was the usual fare, but sometimes a
route by Brunswick lowered rates by competition. Four relays of
horses were used in the palmiest days of stage-coach, and changes were
made at Winthrop, Greene, and Gray. At Littlefield’s tavern, in
Danville, the stage from Farmington was met, and the two coaches were
generally required from there to Portland. Longley sold the route to
Edward Little, Esq., and he sold it to Charles Clark, who is presumable
the last survivor of the early “whips.” Among the successors of Longley as
drivers were his son Benjamin, Lewis Howe of Leeds, Albion C. Howard, and
Benjamin Beede.
With the
building of railroads staging lost its splendors, and the small lines
connecting with the cars to-day have not the prestige, coaches, or romance
of the early times. The veteran driver of the old time who tarried
longest was Phineas Clough, for many years seated on the box of Turner and
Livermore stage.
RAILROADS.—The Grand Trunk Railway in Maine is the successor of the
Atlantic and St Lawrence Railroad Company, incorporated by the State
Legislature February 10, 1845. This road was completed to Mechanic
Falls, thirty- seven miles in the autumn of 1848. The Grand Trunk
leased this road, in 1853, at a rental of six per cent. on the cost of
construction of the one hundred and forty-nine miles from Portland to
Island Pond --- $6,003,900. This road has done much to develop the
resources of the country along its line, and has created several
prosperous villages. In Maine it operates under a lease, the branch
from Lewiston to Lewiston Junction --- 5.41 miles --- and at Mechanic
Falls it receives the road of the Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad
Company, extending to the Androscoggin river in Canton.
Maine
Central Railroad—Under this name is operated several railroads built
under early charters by different companies. The Androscoggin and
Kennebec Railroad Company was chartered March 28, 1847, and by January 1,
1850, it had built a road from Waterville to Danville, where it connected
with the Atlantic and St Lawrence Railroad. The Penobscot and
Kennebec Railroad Company was chartered April 5, 1845, and constructed a
road from Bangor to Waterville, making there a connection with the
Androscoggin and Kennebec. A law was enacted, in 1856, authorizing
these two companies to consolidate under a new name. One section of
the law was not acceptable to the companies, and they did not form the new
corporation until after this section was repealed. September 9,
1862, the union was effected, and October 28, 1862, the Maine Central
Railroad Company was organized. The Kennebec and Portland Railroad
Company, chartered in 1836, built a road from Augusta
to Yarmouth,
connecting there with the Atlantic and St Lawrence Railroad, and a branch
from Brunswick to Bath. Later it extended its road from Yarmouth to
Portland. In 1852 this corporation mortgaged its road to secure an
issue of $250,000 in bonds. The mortgage was foreclosed and title
obtained of the road by the mortgagees, and a new corporation, the
Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company, organized May 20, 1862.
January 1, 1864, this road leased the Somerset and Kennebec Railroad
(organized August 10, 1848) reaching from Skowhegan to Augusta. May
20, 1870, the Portland and Kennebec Company leased its road and assigned
its lease of the Somerset and Kennebec to the Maine Central for nine
hundred and ninety-nine years.
The Androscoggin Railroad
was constructed from Farmington to Leeds Junction. Under the state
law the company issued its bonds, securing them by a mortgage on the
road. Later the company was authorized to extend its railroad to
Brunswick, and it was provided that this new portion should not be subject
to the mortgage. The mortgaged portion of the road became the
property of the mortgagees by foreclosure, May 11, 1865. They formed
a new corporation, the Leeds and Farmington Railroad Company. The
Androscoggin Railroad then extended from Leeds to Brunswick, covering the
branch from Crowley’s Junction to Lewiston. June 1, 1867, the Leeds
and Farmington Railroad Company leased its road to the Androscoggin
Railroad Company, which, June 29, 1871, gave a lease of its road for nine
hundred and ninety-nine
years to the Maine Central, and assigned to it
its lease of the Leeds and Farmington road. This lease was later
confirmed and extended to nine hundred and ninety-nine years by the
company owning the road.
Thus, in
1872, the Maine Central Company had long leases of the Portland and
Kennebec Railroad, the Somerset and Kennebec Railroad, the Androscoggin
Railroad, and the Leeds and Farmington Railroad. By an act of
February 7, 1872, these corporations were authorize to unite with the
Maine Central in a mortgage to secure bonds issued by that company.
The Maine Central now operates and controls Maine, besides the above, the
Newport and Dexter Railroad, the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad, the
Eastern Maine, the European and North American, the Portland and
Ogdensburg, the Knox and Lincoln, and the road from Bangor to Bar
Harbor. The distance
along some of these lines are:
Portland to Vanceboro, 250.8 miles; Cumberland Junction to Waterville,
72.5 miles; Bath to Farmington, 71.2 miles; Crowley’s to Lewiston, 4.7
miles; Waterville to Skowhegan, 18.2 miles; Belfast and Moosehead Lake
Railroad, 33.1 miles; Dexter and Newport Railroad, 14 miles; Eastern Maine
Railroad, 18.8 miles; Bangor and Bar Harbor Railroad, 42.6
miles.
These roads have done a great work in opening the country, in developing
manufacturing, and although the early stockholders were in most cases
losers, and many difficulties attended the construction, to-day no section
of the country has better shipping facilities or patronizes the railroads
more. We fittingly close with an extract from the diary of one who
noted some of the occurrences in railroading in its beginnings in this
county.
The
Androscoggin branch of the Maine Central was opened to travel from Leeds
Junction to Livermore Falls, in November, 1852. The rolling stock
consisted of one small engine, one baggage, and two passenger cars, also a
few box and flat cars. There were no snow fences, and many hard
times were experienced in getting through the snow. December 29, 1853,
fifteen inches of snow fell, drifting so that no trains were run, and no
trains were run December 30, but one managed to get through to Livermore
Falls late in the afternoon of December 31st. Again,
February 23, 1854, it commenced snowing at 4 A.M., and continued all day.
The train started from Leeds Junction at 10 A.M., and ran
about
three miles and got stuck in a drift, and as the engine was getting short
of wood and water, the engineer left the cars and proceeded about two
miles to Pettengill’s crossing, where he filled the tender with water,
carrying it in pails from the brook about ten rods. It was very cold and
the men were covered with ice. As it was near night, the engineer
concluded to stop there all night. The passengers, two ladies and
three men, were obliged to stay in the cars two days and one
night.
Friday morning, the 24th, commenced
shoveling out the track, and 2 P.M. got the engine down to the cars, and
carried the ladies to Abram Wheeler’s, then started toward Leeds Junction
and arrived there at 12 P.M. Saturday, February 25th,
they left Leeds Junction at noon and went as far as North Leeds and
stopped all night. February 26th, they left Leeds
Junction at 7 A.M., arrived at Livermore at noon, and did not start again
until Wednesday, March 1st. March 18th the train
left Leeds Junction at 11 A.M., went about one mile, got stuck and
returned. March 19.---Snowed all day. No trains over the road
to-day. March 20.--- Train left the Junction at noon and arrived at
Livermore Falls at 5 P.M. March 24.---Two feet of snow fell.
No trains over the road to-day. March 25.---Snow deep on the
track.No trains to-day.
March 26.---Very blustering.
No trains to-day. March 27.---Very blustering. No train
to-day. March 28-29-30-31.---No trains. April 1.---Train went
down at 2 P.M. Sunday, April 2.---Trains made regular trips.
December 9.---Very blustering last night; train left Livermore Falls
on time this morning with two engines, and when near Leeds Centre ran off
the track and completely wrecked both engines and baggage
car.
Nobody was injured. The veteran Josiah Littlefield was one of the
engineers.
January 19, 1855.---Snowed hard
all day. No trains run 20th. Snow-plough with one
engine left the junction at 12 M., got to Livermore Falls at 10 P.M., and
returned to Leeds Junction same night. February 19, 1856.---Very
blustering all day. No trains on the Androscoggin Railroad
to-day. January 9, 1857.---Train run off the track; nobody injured;
19th, snowed fast all day; no trains, 10th, train
left Leeds Junction at 6.30 P.M. January 22.---Snowed all day; 23d,
fair and colder; no trains run to-day; 24th, train got to Leeds
at 9.30 P.M. During the winter of 1858 there was but little snow and
trains were run regularly all winter. Commenced running to East
Wilton December 21st. January 1,
1859.---Commenced
snowing at 10 A.M., and continued all day. No trains up to-day.
January 5.---Train with two engines left Leeds Junction for East Wilton at
2 P.M., and went as far as Leeds Center, and thinking that it would be
impossible to get through, returned to Leeds Junction. Soon after
they returned, Charles Garcelon, with an engine called the “old widow,”
and snow-plow came down. If the up train had not
returned,
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undoubtedly there would have been a serious accident, as
there was no telegraphic line, and the up train did not know that “the
widow” was coming. After “the widow” had arrived at Leeds Junction,
the two engines with passenger train left Leeds at 10 P.M. February
3.---John Kauffer, engineer, burnt his mouth and throat so badly in
blowing into a pet-cock which was frozen on his engine, the he died in a
few hours. February 4.--- Train went down at 8 P.M., and did not go
up till 1 A.M., February 5th. February 10, 1860.---Stormy
and blustering all day. Train arrived at Curtis Corner at 2 P.M.,
out of water and wood, and was obliged to haul water about twenty rods in
a hogshead with a
yoke of oxen. Six passengers put up at S.
Brewster’s for the night. The engineer, Mr. Parker, stayed in his
engine all night. The other train men stopped at S. Brewster’s.
February 11.---Got the engine fired up and started for Leeds
Junction at 1.30 P.M., and returned to Farmington that night.
January 16, 1861.---Snowed fast all day. No trains to-day.
January 17.---No trains run. January 18.---Train got down at 7
P.M. February 2.---Snow fell four inches last night, rained, and
made a crust, and no trains were run to-day. February 8.---Was
called the cold Friday; thirty degrees below at sunrise and very
windy. No trains run to-day. February 9.---No trains run
to-day. February 21.--- Cold and blustering. The morning train
from Farmington got down to Leeds Junction at 5 P.M., and returned that
night. February 22.--- Very blustering. No trains run
to-day. February 23.---No trains run. January 2, 1862.---Cold and
very blustering. Train went down but did not return till 10.30 P.M.,
January 3d. January 22.---Snowed all day. Train went down but did
not return till Sunday morning, January 26th. January
27.--- Train went down at 1.30 P.M., and did not return till 1 A.M.,
January 30th.
POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.---
The first post-office
established in the limits of this county was Greene, April 1, 1796; the
next was Lewiston, July 15, 1799. We are indebted to researches made
in the Post-Office Department at Washington, by Asa P. Knight for the
Lewiston Journal, in 1882, for the following valuable compilation
of postmasters and date of appointment on taking office. A few
of the dates are approximative
only.
Auburn (established as
Goff’s Corner, changed to Lewiston Falls, July 18, 1854, to Auburn,
December 27, 1854).---James Goff, March 28, 1825; Edward Little,
September 16, 1826; James Goff, Jr, February 24, 1835; Joseph
D. Davis, June 6, 1849; Daniel G. Hall, March 30, 1853; Freeman
Newell, November 28, 1853; Rufus Penley, May 29, 1858; Silvester Oakes,
March 19, 1861; Willard Small, August 24, 1866; Jonathan A. Hill, March
11, 1867; Henry Little, July 18, 1868; Delance Young, April 28, 1885, John
C. Blake, February 14, 1890. West Auburn (established as
Nason’s Mills, changed to Auburn, March 5, 1842, to West Auburn, December
27, 1854).--- Palfrey Lane, March 20, 1833; Enoch Littlefield, July 3,
1834; Nathaniel Small, February 9, 1839; Enoch Littlefield, October 20,
1840; Samuel H. Pickard, November 9, 1842; Enoch Littlefield, December 22,
1842; George Ricker, Jr, February 1, 1850; Apollos C. Howard, March 7,
1860; George Ricker, August 5, 1861; Henry M. Packard, December 15, 1862;
John M. Perry, December 11, 1871; E. S. Crafts, October 2,
1884;
East Auburn.--- John C. Briggs, July 2, 1844;
discontinued July 2, 1845; re-established with same postmaster, December
24, 1849; Stillman T. Allen, April 10, 1863; C White, December 3, 1863;
John C. Briggs, August 13, 1866; Charles Withington, October 30,
1866; William K. Vickery, December 13, 1866; Alvin
Waterman,
July 7, 1871; David A. Whitman, March 8, 1882; Charles F.
Curtis, July 1, 1889;
North Auburn (established as
Center Minot, changed to present name June 7, 1845).---Oliver Pollard,
December 19, 1825; Stephen
Packard, February 13, 1835;
Oliver Pollard, June 18, 1841; Stephen Packard, June 7, 1845;
Joseph Keith, July 14, 1849; Isaac Osgood, May 19, 1853; Levi Perry,
October 3, 1857; Isaac Osgood, January 6, 1862. Auburn
Plains.---F. A. Allen, commissioned postmaster June 5, 1889;
office opened July 1st.
South
Auburn (established as West Danville, changed to present name, March
10, 1868).---Joseph S. Foster, March 11, 1850; discontinued
November 13, 1850; re-established with same postmaster, December
16, 1850; Samuel Hicks, June 30, 1852; Brackett Marston, December
29, 1853; William Freeman, October 6, 1859; Joseph W. Foster,
August 16, 1864; Israel T. Merrill, March 14, 1866; Quade L.
Allen, January 25, 1875; John R. Pulsifer, February 11, 1875;
Loring Lovejoy, October 13, 1882; J. G. Dexter, November,
1883.
South Danville.---Emerson Bowie,
March 27, 1886; Mrs. A. M. Bowie, December 30, 1886.
Danville.---Moses Rowe, February 13, 1822;
Nathaniel L.
Ingersoll, May 15, 1826; Jeremiah Stinchfield, November 13,
1850; Oliver Waterman, May 17, 1860; Nathaniel G. Sturgis,
November 14, 1861; Oliver D. Stinchfield, October 7, 1864;
Harriet W. Ingersoll, December 10, 1866; S. S. Waterhouse, December
7, 1885; P. M. Austin, August 20, 1888; C. A. Leonard, April
12, 1890; Charles Thurston, December,
1890.
Durham
(established as South West Bend, changed to Durham, September 3,
1849).---Joseph Merrill, December 17, 1835; Rufus Jordan, December
5, 1837; James Strout, Jr, April 2, 1840; William L. Harmon,
June 3, 1841; Rufus Jordan, June 7, 1845; James Strout, Jr,
March 31, 1846; Emery S. Warren, June 27, 1849; James Strout,
Jr, March 30, 1853; E. S. Warren, August 10, 1858; Henry Fitz,
September 6, 1861; James H. Eveleth, March 21, 1862; George E.
Warren, September 24, 1885; Marcus W. Eveleth, June 26, 1890.
West Durham (established as Durham, changed to West
Durham, September 3, 1849).---Thomas Freeman, December 16, 1818;
Alvan Robinson, November 26, 1819; Job Sylvester, 3d, March 15,
1822; Aaron Turner, January 24, 1831; Benjamin M. Moses, April
7, 1835; Ward Bonney, July 24, 1835; Alvena Moses, December
21, 1838; Joshua Lambert, August 24, 1839; William G. Hoyt,
June 3, 1841; Job P. Sylvester, January 7, 1847; William G.
Hoyt, September 5, 1849; Elisha Strout, March 30, 1853; Job P.
Sylvester, March 31, 1854;
Simon W. Miller, December 4, 1861;
Charles W. Harding, February 4, 1865; Charles G. Burgess, March 30,
1868; Nathan Bangs, June 24, 1870; Christopher Moses, October
22, 1878; Nathan Bangs, December 17, 1878; Charles D. Dow,
October 3, 1881; Samuel W. Wilson, November 7, 1881; F. M.
Soper, June 1, 1884; R. A. Rich, October 25,
1887.
Garcelon’s Ferry.---O. S. Libby,
November, 1885; soon discontinued. South Durham.---Thomas
Tuttle, February 19, 1830; Thomas Estes, September 5, 1835;
Francis A. B. Hussey, June 3, 1841; John Collins, January 17,
1843; Thomas Estes, June 7, 1845; Amos F. Lunt, May 29, 1849;
Alfred Gatchell, March 30, 1853; Jeremiah G. Duran, April 26,
1855; George Tuttle, August 12, 1861; Thomas C. Pinkham,
January 26, 1866; Charles C. Smith, October 17, 1873; Amos
F. Lunt, October 14, 1885.
Greene
(established as Greene, changed to Greene Depot, December 10, 1849, and to
Greene, May 3, 1851).---Benjamin Merrill, April 1, 1796; Luther
Robbins, March 13, 1804; Alfred Pierce, September 17, 1840;
Nathaniel Robbins, August 2, 1841; Alfred Pierce, August 16,
1843; George H. Dearborn, September 29, 1849; William C. Dow,
May 3, 1851; Nathaniel Harris, April 23, 1853; Erastus H.
Morse, November 27, 1860; Everett L. Mower, January 14, 1863;
H. W. Gamage, July 15, 1886; Everett L. Mower, November 16,
1889;
Greene Corner (established as Greene,
changed to present name, May 3, 1851).---Elijah Barrell, December 10,
1849; Alfred Pierce, April 10,
1853; Albion Pierce, May 8,
1860; Franciana Pratt, July 13, 1863. North
Greene (established June 18, 1883).---Z. A. Gilbert, present
incumbent commissioned first
postmaster.
Leeds.---Solomon Lothrop,
August 27, 1822; Giddings Lane, Jr, June 17, 1829; Joseph
Scammon, April 19, 1830; Stillman Howard, May 10, 1834; J. W.
L. Mitchell, August 18, 1837; Thomas W. Bridgham, April 18,
1840; Franklin B. Leonard, July 10, 1841; Issacher Lane, July
19, 1845; Isaac T. Boothby, April 9, 1849; Solomon T. Lothrop,
June 6, 1853; Green G. More, October 7, 1864; Charles H. Lane,
January 28, 1868; Albert Knight, January 30, 1880; Willard
Lothrop, May 10, 1880; W. L. Francis, March 22, 1886.
East Leeds.---Stephen Day, August 5, 1840; discontinued,
October 8, 1842. North Leeds.---Walter Foss, January 28,
1826; Reuel Foss, March 5, 1842; Thomas C. Foss, August 7,
1861; Jason Woodman, December 20, 1871; Louisa M. Woodman, December
10, 1880; Charles A. Whitehouse, August 18, 1888.
South Leeds.---Martin Leonard, June 6, 1826;
Franklin B. Leonard August 27, 1828; Joshua S. Turner, December 5,
1838; Oscar D. Turner, July 27, 1840; John Gilmore, July 10,
1841; Salmon A. Wing, August 16, 1843; Ormand T. Wing, June 2,
1856; William Wing, March 10, 1863; Sanford Gilbert, May 19,
1863; James L. Bates, January 2, 1865; Duane S. Wing, March
12, 1867; Greenleaf Parker, January 18, 1876; Lois V. Parker,
August 3, 1887.
West Leeds.---Jonas P. Lee, April 10,
1828; Perez S. Jennings, November 15, 1828; discontinued,
April 18, 1840; established with Gessius F. Jennings, postmaster,
February 24, 1866; Stephen R. Deane, April 28, 1868; G. A.
Jennings, May 2, 1883; Roscoe E. Swain, June 30, 1888.
Curtis Corner.---Salmon Brewster, January 22, 1853; H. M.
Brewster, December 10, 1887.
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Lewiston.---Dan Read, July 15, 1799;
William R. Frye, December 9, 1839; Mark Lowell, May 24, 1842; Nelson
B. Reynolds, February 26, 1846; John Smith, February 26, 1849;
Oliver Herrick, June 15, 1849; John Herrick, July 26, 1852;
William R. Frye, March 5, 1853; Joseph P. Fessenden, April 17, 1861;
George A. Parker, June 7, 1870; Horace C. Little, January 30,
1879; Charles Walker, April 1, 1887; William T. Smart, April
1, 1891. South Lewiston.--- Joseph Daniels, September 16,
1867; Benjamin F. Morrell, August 27, 1874; Albert B. Clark, June
12, 1879; Andrew J. Hinkley, July 26, 1880; H. W. Knowles,
September 26, 1882.
Lisbon (established
as Factoryville, changed to Lisbon, December 6, 1834).---Robert Jack,
October 3, 1823; Samuel Moody, June 23, 1832; Benjamin
Burgess, February 8, 1836; Joshua Gerrish, October 26, 1838;
Reuben D. Rand, May 28, 1856; Levi T. Coombs, November 7,
1857; Charles B. Jordan, January 6, 1862; Charles W. Gerrish,
April 7, 1873; Hannah W. Gerrish, January 6, 1880; J. M.
Corbett, July 31, 1885; Alfred E. Jordan, August 10, 1889.
Lisbon Falls (established as Little River Village,
changed to present name, February 20, 1865).---William P. Davis, December
14, 1818; Ezekiel Thompson, February 3, 1819; Joseph Cowing,
March 30, 1832; Josiah Lane, December 11, 1834; Moses
Tibbetts, February 17, 1842; James Booker, August 19, 1845;
Jedediah Moulton, December 23, 1845; Warren A. Bibber, January 29,
1853; Aaron I. West, March 29, 1853; John O. Tracy, November
29, 1855; John H. Coombs, November 6, 1858; Seth P. Crossman,
July 2, 1861; Samuel Crowell, February 4, 1868; Horace C.
White, April 8, 1869; George W. Coombs, July 24, 1874; George
Plummer, January 22, 1883; John H. Coombs, October 28, 1885;
George Plummer, November 9, 1889.
Lisbon
Center.---John W. Jordan, August 4, 1884; A. K. P. Edwards,
August 15, 1888. East Livermore.---Francis F. Haines, October
8, 1822; William B. Small, February 9, 1839; F. F. Haines,
June 30, 1841; William B. Small, March 2, 1846; F. F. Haines, August
15, 1851; William B. Small, March 2, 1852; Francis Morrill, January
11, 1854; Jonathan Lovejoy, July 7, 1854; Elisha B. Lovejoy,
June 29, 1863; Jonathan Lovejoy, April 25, 1865; Amos Hobbs,
December 24, 1867; Francis J. Folsom, September 24, 1868;
Caleb P. Brown, February 29, 1876; Francis J. Folsom, August 12,
1878; Mrs. Ellen M. Folsom, January 5, 1886. East Livermore
Mills (changed from Brown’s Mill,
January 19, 1872).---Eli N.
Berry, January 5, 1872; W. A. Francis, April 1, 1886; Eli N.
Berry, May 1, 1889. Livermore Falls.---Elisha Pettengill,
December 21, 1830; Nathanial Mayo, July 13, 1841; David Hale,
April 2, 1844; Oliver Pettingill, August 22, 1845; Comfort
Pettingill, March 7, 1848; Stillman Reed, July 1, 1861; Alvin
Record, June 22, 1870; W. S. Treat, September 14, 1885; J. F.
Jefferds, September 19, 1889.
Livermore
(Brettun’s Mills).---Benjamin Prescott, April 1, 1807; Benjamin
Bradford, September 30, 1809; Isaac Strickland, March 27,
1825; William H. Brettun, December 12, 1838; Doribus
Morrison, May 11, 1842; G. W. C. Washburn, June 11, 1844;
David Leavitt, February 2, 1849; Isaac Strickland, June 4,
1852; William Child, January 7, 1853; Samuel H. Morse,
September 20, 1856; Lee Strickland, March 13, 1858; Lamont O.
Stevens, August 2, 1862; Augustus H. Strickland, September 25, 1869;
Oliver P. Stevens, October 29, 1869; Lamont O. Stevens, July 7,
1870; George T. Piper, July 31, 1871; A. H. Strickland, May 3,
1876; George T. Piper, October 1, 1878; Roscoe G.
Goding, May 17, 1885; W. F. Fuller, September 23,
1886.
Stricklands Ferry.---Solomon
Millett, December 10, 1853; Leonard Knight, December 23, 1861;
David P. Hodgdon, November 25, 1863; Alonzo P. Russell, August 9,
1865; Alpheus E. Guild, April 13, 1866; George F. Piper, March
27, 1867; John R. Millett, September 1, 1868; Russell B. Hersey, May
11, 1869; John R. Millett, August 28, 1871; R. B. Hersey,
January 5, 1874; Charles A. Libby, May 13, 1875; Frank H.
Sawtelle, May 3, 1877; Albert Caswell, December 11, 1877;
George D. Emery, March 21, 1878; N. H. Sawtelle, February 20,
1886.
Livermore Center.---John L Wyman, June 21,
1839; Abner Moore, November 30, 1841; Alvan C. Harlow,
February 5, 1856; Joseph Baird, July 22, 1859; Alvan C.
Harlow, September 20, 1860; John W. Bigelow, July 17, 1873;
John L. Cummings, April 6, 1877; Frank B. Bigelow, July 19, 1882;
John L. Cummings, January 1, 1883; W. Carver, July 15, 1885;
John L. Cummings, January, 1888. North Livermore.---Reuel
Washburn, May 5, 1824; Jesse Stone, January 29, 1830; Reuel
Washburn, December 13, 1841; George D. Norton, January 22, 1847;
Matthew M. Stone, December 26, 1849; Ephraim M. Steadman, February 4,
1858; Samuel P. Holman, March 10, 1860; Seth D. Washburn, May
31, 1861; George D. Norton, December 8, 1862; Augustus W.
Coolidge, December 4, 1865; George Q. Gammon, July 27, 1868;
Roscoe G. Godding, April 20, 1870; A. W. Coolidge, September 26,
1877; C. F. Roberts, October 23, 1888; Hattie L. Coolidge,
March 19, 1889.
South Livermore.---George
F. Chase, August 19, 1856; Elbridge G. Bryant, January 31,
1857; discontinued from May 8, 1858, to May 24, 1858; Job Chase, May
24, 1858; George F. Chase, June 18, 1877; William S. Moore,
November 8, 1878; Mrs. M. F. Norton, November 1,
1889.
Minot (called Minot or
Poland indiscriminately until Poland office was established, April 8,
1816).---Samuel Swett, January 1, 1801; Daniel Cash, October 1,
1804; Nathan P. Woodbury, October 1, 1805; Ebenezer Simonton,
May 3, 1813; William H. Woodbury, January 2, 1818; Nathan L.
Woodbury, November 2, 1832; Jabez C. Woodman, July 20, 1841;
Nathan P. Woodbury, December 23, 1843; Willard H. Woodbury, June 29,
1847; William Dale, June 28, 1849; Josiah D. Pulsifer, March
30, 1853; John Freeman, Jr, November 14, 1854; Cyrus Green,
December 11, 1855; Abeiza S. Freeman, January 28, 1857; Seth
M. Milliken, January 6, 1862; Joseph Freeman, December 26,
1862; Lyman M Cousens, September 18, 1865; William H. Rounds,
July 27, 1868; Rebecca F. Rounds, December 10, 1880.
Mechanic Falls.---Samuel F. Waterman, October
27, 1841; Jacob Dwinal, July 21, 1845; Samuel Carr, May 2,
1849; Merrill W. Strout, July 7, 1851; Alexander B. Dwinal,
February 24, 1853; Charles K. Smith, July 2, 1856; Samuel F.
Waterman, June 26, 1861; Oliver B. Dwinal, October 8, 1866;
Joseph Bucknam, April 8, 1869; Jason Hall, July 19, 1869; F.
E. Dwinal, April 1, 1883; Frank A. Millett, February 22, 1887; F. E.
Dwinal, April 1, 1891. West Minot.---Calvin
Bridgham, February 9, 1825; William Lowell, June 3, 1841; Levi
Whittemore, July 21, 1845; Calvin Bridgham, August 15, 1846;
William Lowell, April 23, 1849; David B. Sawyer, March 30,
1853; Joshua Parsons, June 23, 1856; Gideon Bearce, September
16, 1861; L. Y. Millett, December 10, 1885; Gideon Bearce,
July 1, 1889.
East Minot.---Martin
Leavitt, December 25, 1827; discontinued April 9, 1835; John
A. Dunning, September 7, 1839; discontinued April 3,
1842. Poland.---Robert Waterman, April 8, 1816;
James Hackett, June 7, 1817; Jabez True, Jr, November 8, 1819;
Josiah Jordan, May 16, 1823; David Dunn, December 12, 1838;
William Cousens, June 29, 1841; David Dunn, June 7, 1845;
Freeland Marble, July 29, 1845; David Dunn, December 30, 1847;
William Cousens, September 28, 1849; George Bridgham, March 30,
1853; Otis West, December 21, 1854; David Dunn, September 25,
1856; Cyrus Briggs, September 10, 1857; Charles Lane, June 18,
1861; Levi N. Estes, October 24, 1865; Charles Lane, June 17,
1867; George E. Houghton, March 31, 1871; Charles Lane,
October 3, 1872; Sumner I. Rowe, July 22, 1880. Charles Rowe,
July 27, 1883.
East Poland.---Reuben B.
Dunn, January 28, 1834; discontinued June 29, 1836;
Jonas W. Strout, June 23, 1837; discontinued April 22, 1842; Gilman
Martin, September 4, 1849; Jonas W.Strout, September 21, 1855;
William H. Rounds, December 23, 1861; Luther
B. Knight,
September 18, 1865; Agnes M. Walker, January 8, 1872; Daniel
W. Bailey, May 14, 1877. South Poland.---Hiram Ricker, June
4, 1862.
Worthley.---Hamlet L. Bass, August 8,
1882; Charles S. Strout, September 20, 1882; discontinued
November 17, 1884. West Poland.---John Megquier, May 19,
1837; James H. Fernald, September 25, 1845; William M.
Perkins, June 15, 1852; Francis Storer, January 11, 1854; Oren
S. Keene, January 18, 1870; George O. Goodwin, December 29, 1871;
Silas A. Megquier, January 14, 1881; George O. Goodwin, November 4,
1885; Silas A. Megquier, April 10,
1889.
Turner (established as Turner
Village, changed to Turner, February 4, 1826).---William K. Porter, July
19, 1824; Philo Clark, October 8, 1834; John Blake, July 10,
1841; Hiram Clark, December 2, 1844; John Blake, June 16,
1849; Hiram Clark, March 9, 1852; Philo Clark, May 22,
1858; Hira Bradford, Jr, April 18, 1861; Mellen A. Bearce,
April 2, 1869; William L. Bonney, February 4, 1881;
Walter B. Irish, October 1, 1885; James P. Waterman, June 14,
1889. East Turner (originally Turner, changed February
4, 1826).---Ichabod Bonney 1804; Alden Blossom, March 15,
1814; discontinued March 22, 1839.
Turner
Androscoggin post-office was changed to East Turner,
July 10, 1839. Postmasters from establishment are: Ezekiel
Martin,
February 10, 1832; John W. Webster, December 18,
1855; James D. Gilbert, September 18, 1866; Rutelius S.
Coolidge, April 23, 1873; John W. Webster, April 23, 1877;
Warren Webster, November 18, 1881. Chase’s Mills.---Solon
Chase, December 18, 1874. South Turner.---Charles H. Barrell,
January 25, 1875; Mrs. Laura C. Barrell, March 31, 1887;
William D. Barrell, February 20, 1889.
Turner
Center.---Lewis P. Bradford, February 14, 1873. Keen’s
Mills (changed from Keen’s Mills to Aqua Mills, January 30, 1880,
and again
to Keen’s Mills, February 24, 1880).---William A. Andrews,
February 7, 1873; Augustus R. Gilmore, January 30, 1880; William A.
Andrews, February 24, 1880; Fred B. Wing, February 18, 1886.
North Turner.---Timothy Howe, December 12, 1825; Cornelius T.
Richardson, January 14, 1828; William B. Bray, November 16,
1836; Samuel B. Holt, July 28, 1841; Jesse Drew, December 4,
1844; discontinued July 21, 1845; Isaac Strickland, April 14,
1846; Samuel B. Holt, January 19, 1849; Deering Farrar,
October 31, 1855; Lewis A. Farrar, April 7, 1856; Eland Fuller,
November 7, 1864; William W. House, March 11, 1872; Lewis A.
Farrar, March 19, 1874.
North Turner
Bridge.---Lee Strickland, December 30, 1830; Church P.
Leavitt, July 13, 1833; Lewis J. Pollard, August 15, 1851;
Jonas E. Greenwood, December 9, 1852; Sylvester S. Whitman, March
31, 1854; David Morse, September 25, 1856; Zenas Lane,
February 13, 1857; discontinued July 10, 1857; Albert Winship,
May 10, 1858; Albert Barker, April 24, 1865; Samuel B. Wing,
December 20, 1871; Albert Barker, August 27, 1874; W. W.
Hobbs, April 30, 1883; Goodwin C. Caswell, April 16, 1886; S.
Houghton, January 17, 1889. Howe’s Corner.---Established May
4, 1891, George D. Humphrey, postmaster.
Wales.---Arthur N. Given, November 3, 1824; Arthur
Given, January 18, 1836; Elizabeth Given, November 15, 1875;
Alden Moulton, april 5, 1876; Hattie L. Given, March 15, 1886.
East Wales.---Samuel Potter, December 23, 1856; Joseph G.
Bragg, December 4, 1857; Llewellyn S. Ham, January 30, 1860;
Maria N. Ham, September 6, 1876; Mary E. Ham, November 20, 1876; W.
E. Hinckley, September 28, 1881. Leeds Junction (changed from
Leeds Station, March 15, 1859).---George Beals, April 15 1850; J. B.
Brackett, December 3, 1883; J. W. Ricker, May 8,
1891.
Webster (first Lisbon Four
Corners, changed to Lisbon, August 8, 1832, to Lisbon Center, December 6,
1834, to Webster, June 22, 1841).---James Small, February 6, 1819;
Samuel Heath, February 14, 1823; Nathan C. Fletcher, July 17, 1832,
Amos Dwinal, July 27, 1833; Philip M. Garcelon, March 29,
1836; Samuel Cushman, July 3, 1851; Albert J. Larrabee, December 28,
1869; George B. Smith, February 24, 1880; Frederick Blethen, April 2,
1880; George B. Smith, June 1, 1885; C. K. Donnell, October 1, 1887; C. A.
Owen, August 1, 1889. Sabattus. – James Weymouth, December
21, 1831; John L. Cutter, February 21, 1842; Jacob Hill, June 22, 1844;
Daniel Cary, April 11, 1849; Retiah D. Jones, June 16, 1853; Stetson L.
Hill, November 9, 1857; Bradford D. Farnham, April 11, 1860; Isaac N.
Davis, April 7, 1871; Cyprian C. Crockett, September 25, 1885; Edwin
Woodside, November 13, 1889; did not take office until July 1,
1890.
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